Remote sensing of oligotrophic waters: Model divergence at low chlorophyll concentrations

Applied Optics

Volumn 41, Issue 33, 2002, Pages 7058-7067

  Mehrtens, Hela ^a   Martin, Thomas ^a  

^a GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BACKSCATTERING; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OCEANOGRAPHY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REMOTE SENSING;

OLIGOTROPIC WATERS;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0037146145     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.41.007058     Document Type: Article

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